I played this game until 3 am. Then I looked at the clock a bit later and it was still like 3 am. Turns out that was 24 hours later. Watching the Polish hussars bravely charge into your gunline and the musket duel between the lines of musketeers never gets old. You die really fast to random shots though. I was spawned into a village carrying a pistol that needed two shots to kill the enemy, of which there were half a dozen at least. They only needed one shot to kill me. I spawned in the open. That needed some amount of saving and loading to deal with.

I honestly love this game, despite the many things that are much worse than Warband. For one, the graphics are a tad worse (not that i care anyway) and personally i find some of the armour in this game to be absolutely hideous, understanding that this is a different culture of course. but lets get to a list, shall we?

Pros:-Guns!-Explosives!-crouching!-seems to run smoother than Warband-You can hire and customize mercenaries of your choice-more indepth caravan system-fighting feels more challenging, in a good way-for sieges, there are more options to choose from before commencing the assualt. also you can blow holes in the wall-this is more of a personal thing, but, different cultures and factions, like Sweden and Poland (although i do love Warband's factions)-you can have a not-so-fancy-gentlemen's-duel with random drunk tavern guests, (this is where the thrust only swords can come in handy)

Cons:-Enemy firearms can be OP at low levels-some weapons are specifically thrust only-rather boring early game-the map is rather bland compared to Warband-the explosives have a limit, if you have 5 bombs and use 5 bombs in one battle, you have to buy another 5 bombs because the other 5 bombs get removed from your inventory-Modding is more limited, unlike Warband's Module system (however, there is a WFAS enhanced mod that makes the game awesome)

That is about all i can think of right now. If you do get this game, look into the WFAS enhanced mod i mentioned above to make your experience a bit better.